The life and times of James Catnach : (late of Seven Dials), ballad monger (1878)
Hindley, Charles, d. 1893, Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828, ill · London : Reeves and Turner · leaf 153
MERCY ! what a din and clatterBreaks the stillness of the night,Lamps do rattle—tis a battle, Quick, and let us see the sight,Old and young at blows like fury, Tom and Jerry leads the row. Milling, flooring all before them, This is Life in London, boys. CUT X.—Scene in a Gin-Shop. … JAMES CATNACH. 133 HERE some is tumbling and jumping in,And some are staggering out;One s pawnd her smock for a quartern of gin, Another, her husbands coat.Behold, Mr. Tom and Jerry, Have got an old bawd in tow.They sluicd her with gin, till she reeld on her pins,And was hauld off to quod for a…
Catnach, James, 1792-1841 · Printers -- Great Britain · Printing -- Great Britain History 19th century · Ballads, English -- Publishing England History 19th century · Chapbooks, English
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